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    PLANTAGO

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Plantago; Plantago

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Plantago" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "Plantago"):

    plantain (any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally)

    Holonyms ("Plantago" is a member of...):

    family Plantaginaceae; Plantaginaceae; plantain family (cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds)

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